Enhancement of the dewaterability of sludge during bioleaching mainly controlled by microbial quantity change and the decrease of slime extracellular polymeric substances content

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-197

  Huo, Minbo ^a   Zheng, Guanyu ^a,b   Zhou, Lixiang ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR SOLID ORGANIC WASTE RESOURCE UTILIZATION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Dewaterability; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microbial quantity; Municipal sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BOUND WATER CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTION RATE; DEWATERABILITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MICROBIAL QUANTITY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY;

POLYMERS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FERRIC ION; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOPOLYMER; SEWAGE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DEWATERING; EXOPOLYMER; GROWTH RATE; PH; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRACTIONATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; TIME;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHINA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84905031265     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.098     Document Type: Article

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